WUHAN, Sept. 25 -- Round two here at the 2018 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open brought more mixed results for local players and a number of major upsets.

The second round started in last night's late game, with China's Zhang Shuai taking out Slovenian lucky loser Polona Hercog 6-2, 7-5.

Zhang raced into a two-game lead out of the gate, breaking her opponent's first service game and surviving some strong returns from the Slovenian, who responded with a break of her own to make it 2-1.

But Zhang managed to gain momentum after that, breaking Hercog three more times on the way to taking the first set.

The second set was more of a contest, with Zhang winning her first service game before the Slovenian stormed into a three-set lead. Two double faults from Hercog allowed Zhang to take back control, breaking the Slovenian four times on the way to a straight-set win.

Tuesday's first match on Center Court saw Caroline Wozniacki dispatch Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson 6-4, 6-1.

Wozniacki fought hard from the outset, nearly breaking her opponent's first service before going on to serve out all but one of her games in the first set.

The second set was not much of a contest, with Wozniacki breaking the Swede three times to take the win with minimal fuss.

In a major upset, No. 6 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was beaten 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 by Belarus' No. 20 seed Aryna Sabalenka.

The match got underway with both players serving out their games to 2-2, followed by a Svitolina break to put her one game ahead. But Sabalenka responded with two breaks of her own and some stellar shooting, firing three aces on the way to taking the first set.

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